MGM Healthcare gives ‘Second Life’ to Jordan man with rare genetic disorder
Rarest-of-rare combined surgery including live liver donor transplant and artificial large blood vessel reconstruction performed on 35-year-old Chennai, December 6th, 2022: Institute of liver diseases and transplant, MGM Healthcare, Multi Super Speciality Hospital in Chennai, has successfully treated a 35-year-old male from Jordan with a rare genetic blood disease - Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) (recurrent propensity for clotting and lysis of blood) and Budd-chiari syndrome (BCS) a disorder characterised by obstruction of hepatic venous outflow and inferior vena cava reaching up to heart and end stage liver failure. Press meet Video👇👇 Analysing the complexities involved in this case, the experts from MGM Hospital took a multidisciplinary approach, including liver transplant surgeons ( Dr Thiagarajan Srinivasan , Director, Liver Transplant, Dr Karthik Mathivanan , Associate Director Liver Transplant), cardio thoracic surgeons(Dr KR Balakrishnan, Chairman, Heart Transplant)...